founded in Berlin by Prof. E. Saling on March the 30th,1969, during the 1st European Congress of Perinatal Medicine. It is composed of several very active Study Groups and it organizes the European Congress of Perinatal Medicine every two years. Their Presidents have been: E. Saling (Berlin), L. S. Prod’Hom (Lausanne), Z. Stembera (Prague), G. Rooth (Uppsala), O. R. Thalhammer (Vienna), A. Ballabriga (Barcelona), F. Thierry (Gent), J. Alvey (Dublin), A. Jahri (Greifswald), E. V. Cosmi (Perugia), J. M. Thoulon (Lyon), J. G. Koppe (Amsterdam), K. O. Raivio (Helsinki), F. Cockburn (Glasgow), A. Kurjak (Zagreb), M. Carrapato (Porto), O. R. Saugstad (Oslo), A. Antsaklis (Athens), H. Haliday (Belfast) and Cihat Sen(Istanbul).
Until now it has organized 20 European congresses: Berlin, London, Lausanne, Prague, Uppsala, Vienna, Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Leipzing, Rome, Lyon, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Glasgow, Zagreb, Porto, Oslo, Athens, Prague and Istanbul (2008). Its official magazine «The Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine» is headed by G. C. Di Renzo and Dev Maulik.